Audible Announces Three Key Management Hires.Business Editors WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 28, 1999 John Barth Noun 1. John Barth - United States novelist (born in 1930) John Simmons Barth, Barth Named Senior Director of Original Programming, Warren Cook Director of Content Acquisition & Strategic Partnerships, Kelly Frey Director of Business and Legal Affairs Audible, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ), the leading provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio for PC-based listening or mobile playback on AudibleReady(TM) devices, announced today three recent additions to its management team. John Barth, recently Director of News at America Online See AOL. , is a respected news producer, public radio executive and journalist. As Senior Director of Original Programming, he will manage Audible's expanding original audio programming effort and work to advance the company's leadership position in timely audio programming based on notable print brands. He will also be leading a team that will program and create offerings unique to www.audible.com(TM). Before AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Barth was Senior Producer at public radio's Marketplace, a program he helped build into one of the most honored programs in radio. Barth was also News Director and at WHYY in Philadelphia and worked as a reporter for Business Week magazine. In addition, he is an adjunct professor of media and public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. Journalism at George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. . Warren Cook, Director of Content Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships, is an experienced strategic business development executive who will pursue elements of Audible's content acquisition strategy and work with Audible's content partners. Most recently, Cook was Vice President Business Development at Internet start-up foodtopia.com. He also served as Director of New Business at iVillage.com. Earlier, Cook was an equities analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., and a business development executive with Conde Nast. Cook began his career in the publishing business, as an editor and literary agent. Kelly Frey, Director of Business and Legal Affairs, is an acknowledged legal expert in the fields of e-commerce, digital publishing and copyright law. Frey is a professor of intellectual property law at Franklin Pierce Law School and is a specialist in legal affairs pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to copyright and media licensing. At Audible, Frey will focus on developing key relationships with hardware manufacturers and content providers. He comes to Audible from Yankee Book Peddler peddler or hawker, itinerant vendor of small goods. In rural America peddlers carried their packs or drove a horse and cart from door to door. Publishing Services, where he was VP and Counsel in charge of e-commerce initiatives. Prior to that he was Director of Strategic Development & Counsel for the Copyright Clearance Center Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit U.S. company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, that provides collective copyright licensing services for corporate and academic users of copyrighted materials. . "These new hires reflect our expectations that 2000 will be an extremely active year for Audible along all business fronts," stated Donald Katz, chairman and founder of Audible, Inc. "John, Warren and Kelly are terrific additions to a talented and veteran team of key managers working with Brian Fielding, Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs. We cannot be too deep in the area of content expertise as our numerous partnerships evolve and multiply." About Audible, Inc. Audible, Inc. is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken-audio services for content download or playback on personal computers and AudibleReady(TM) mobile digital audio devices. Audible allows customers to take advantage of their commute, travel and desktop computer time by delivering premium entertainment and information audio while their eyes are busy but their minds are free. Audible's content partners include leading audio book publishers, broadcasters, magazine and newspaper publishers, business information providers, and educational and cultural institutions. Visitors to www.audible.com (http://www.audible.com)(TM) can browse, sample, purchase and subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; more than 20,000 hours of audio programs. Among the company's key business partners are Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , S3/Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc., Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, , Royal Philips Electronics and RealNetworks, Inc. This press release contains information which is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. audible.com and AudibleReady are trademarks of Audible, Inc. |
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